SAN DIEGO — A sound like firecrackers. Confusion. An “eerie feeling.” Then, understanding and terror.

This is how Iman Salem’s life changed the morning of May 18, when she was on her way to the Islamic Center of San Diego. She spotted a man she recognized as Nadir Awad, running from his house toward the mosque. He locked eyes with her ...Read more

The world is not “well prepared” for the next pandemic, Tom Frieden, the former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, citing the current response to the Ebola outbreak and cuts to U.S. public health efforts.

“This Ebola outbreak is not going to cause a pandemic, it’s not going to cause a significant risk to large ...Read more

Some U.S. passengers exposed to hantavirus aboard the Hondius cruise ship will be released from isolation next week, including two New Yorkers, as others extend their quarantine period beyond the original May 31 completion date, state public health officials said.

The U.S. has been monitoring 18 Americans at the University of Nebraska Medical ...Read more

A federal judge in Miami is looking into allegations that President Donald Trump defrauded her court by suing the IRS for the sole purpose of forcing a $1.8 billion settlement that would compensate victims of “government weaponization” and shut the door on the government’s pursuit of tax claims against the president, his family and their ...Read more

Several Americans were hurt in a missile attack on a Kuwaiti air base over the past day as negotiations to extend the ceasefire with Iran dragged on without conclusion.

President Donald Trump had suggested earlier in the week that an agreement was near, but the absence of any announcement after a two-hour Situation Room meeting on Friday was ...Read more

Artificial intelligence may have its flaws, but specific programs have proven themselves to be groundbreaking — if not lifesaving — tools in hurricane forecasts, and the National Hurricane Center will keep incorporating them into its forecast arsenal.

Last year, an AI model was actually more accurate than traditional methods at predicting ...Read more

Blue Origin is a central player in NASA’s moon project, but those plans took a big hit Thursday night when one of Jeff Bezos’ rockets catastrophically exploded into a giant mushroom cloud on its Cape Canaveral launch pad.

It’s unknown how long it could take to get the pad up and running again — and the space agency’s timetable for its...Read more

An unruly passenger on a United Airlines flight headed to the Twin Cities prompted officials to divert the aircraft late Friday.

The flight, which originated in Chicago, landed safely in Madison, Wis. There were no injuries reported on the plane.

The unruly passenger was a 75-year-old man who appeared “confused and in mental health crisis,�...Read more

Several Americans were hurt in a missile attack on a Kuwaiti air base over the past day as a White House meeting to discuss extending the ceasefire with Iran ended without conclusion.

The lack of public comment after the Situation Room talks on Friday, despite President Donald Trump earlier suggesting an agreement was near, was the latest ...Read more

It’s increasingly common to see headlines and social media conversations about the rise in colorectal cancer among younger adults. In fact, the growing incidence of colorectal cancer in people under age 50 helped drive the American Cancer Society’s 2018 decision to recommend lowering the recommended age for average-risk screening from 50 ...Read more

President Donald Trump plans to celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary — and his own 80th birthday — in June by watching bare-chested and bloody UFC fighters kick, punch and choke each other on the storied South Lawn of the White House.

Later, during the administration's summer-long festival to commemorate the signing of the Declaration ...Read more

MIAMI — The Trump administration deported a longtime Marathon, Florida, resident with temporary protected status to Haiti despite a federal judge’s order that has kept the protections in place — and then allowed him to come back to the U.S. two weeks later.

Law enforcement agents picked up Brulan during a routine traffic stop on April 12 ...Read more

Over his decades as a marine biologist, Randall Davis’ research has taken him across the world. He’s studied otters in Alaska, sea turtles in St. Croix and sperm whales in the remote Ogasawara Islands hundreds of miles south of Japan.

But in recent weeks, Davis’ science has taken him to a place few career researchers want to be: at the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump “remains in excellent health,” according to the White House doctor, after undergoing a physical earlier this week that included a cognitive test.

A memorandum by the physician, Capt. Sean Barbabella, concluded that Trump, who turns 80 next month, “is fully fit to carry out all duties of the commander ...Read more